But the refusal of fair play (“fair play”, as they say in sports slang) came back to the Kremlin like a boomerang – (CAS), at the request of van der Vorst, ruled that the presidential elections (IBA) were unfair, and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) diagnosed , that there is a management crisis in (IBA) under the Kremlin, and therefore removed the association from organizing the qualifying tournament for the 2024 Games and from participating in Summer Olympics 2024 in Paris. Therefore, the Kremlin had to, like it or not, go for re-elections. But even if (IBA) is headed by a Russian, what about Russia? Kremlev & Co were among the first to condemn Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine, excluding athletes from Russia and Belarus from IBA competitions, including the World Cup and European Boxing Championships. In 2022, the Team World Cup was supposed to be held in Russia – it was taken away, and the Women’s European Boxing Championship was scheduled for the end of July 2022 in Ulan-Ude – it was cancelled. But (IBA) stated back in March that “the association will cover all expenses associated with the participation of Ukrainian athletes in international championships” and this is not counting the $2 million that (IBA) annually distributes between national boxing federations, including the Boxing Federation of Ukraine , and the United States Boxing Federation. Plus 2.5 million dollars every year for the purchase of boxing equipment. And all this is paid for by PJSC Gazprom, which finances the IBA.
So we get an amazing situation when, in fact, “Kremlin & Co” finance athletes from Ukraine with money from Gazprom PJSC, and “grateful Ukrainians” unfurl the flag of the “Azov” regiment on the pedestal. This is exactly what Diana Petrenko from Ukraine did at a competition in Hungary in March.
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